News that the owners of the Schlitterbahn water park will begin demolition of the long-abandoned Verruckt water slide on Nov. 1 will be welcomed by the Kansas City community. The massive ...

Schlitterbahn ... the big issue is having an abandoned water park in a bustling tourist area that includes the Kansas Speedway race track, the Sporting Kansas City soccer stadium and a busy ...

Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, an Ohio-based operator of amusement parks including World’s of Fun in Kansas City, has an option to buy the dormant Schlitterbahn water park in Wyandotte County.

It stands at a towering 168 feet tall and opened just two years ago, but Schlitterbahn Kansas City’s Verrückt waterslide is about to come down. Drained with visible rust stains, Verrückt has ...

As we move forward, we assure everyone who works for us and the community: we remain wholly committed to our Kansas City park and the original vision of Schlitterbahn – providing a great place ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City, Kansas, usually opens at the end of May. With about a month to go, there are no signs the park will open at all in 2019. "We have no ...

Jeff Henry, who helped design the Verruckt water slide that killed a 10-year-old boy in 2016, pleaded guilty to an unrelated drug charge in Johnson County. Jeff Henry, 66, was in Merriam, Kansas ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Claiming corporate executives were rushed, careless and lacked expertise to design a thrill ride, an indictment Friday levied criminal charges against Schlitterbahn Water Park ...

A co-owner of Schlitterbahn water park is the latest person arrested after the 2016 death of a 10-year-old boy on a Kansas City, Kansas water slide.Jeff Henry was arrested by U.S. Marshals on ...

The 47-page indictment, as reported by the Kansas City Star, states that Schlitterbahn and its two top executives were pursuing to build the world's tallest water slide to impress TV executives ...

KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KTRK) -- Charges have been dismissed in the case of the Kansas boy who died riding a Schlitterbahn water slide in 2016. A judge dismissed the charges Friday, citing improper ...

Schlitterbahn announced Tuesday that the Verruckt water slide at the Kansas City, Kansas, theme park will be permanently closed and taken down after a death of a young boy last summer. Caleb ...